Skylark of Verdun

Meat grinder in Verdun, 1916. Mud, blood and decay fill the world of young soldier Henry Durand. He numbly pulled the trigger and mechanically avoided the gunfire. He had long forgotten the temperature of the sun, leaving only his body that had been eaten away by the war. Death is the only escape from this hell. Until the smoke-filled field hospital, a ray of light penetrated the darkness - the blond nurse Emily Crowder. The chocolate she handed over had a sweetness comparable to gold in the flames of war, and the Baudelaire poems she recited were the only salvation in despair. A copy of "Melancholy in Paris" with burnt edges, filled with feelings that they dared not send, became their tacit token. In this hell, Henry's cold heart throbbed for "life" for the first time. However, the shadow of Verdun lingers. When Henry voluntarily embarked on a fatal night attack to protect the remaining kindness in his heart, the farewell letter had not yet been delivered, and devastating artillery fire had engulfed Emily's medical station. Henry survived, leaving only hideous scars on his chest, a cold medal of St. Christopher, and a book of poems soaked in Emily's handwriting and tears. He caught the light in hell, but the light went out before dawn.